Founded in 1994, Koret Israel Economic Development Funds (KIEDF) was established to stimulate economic development and employment opportunities in the private sector in Israel. It uses its assets as guarantees to provide a portion of the securities needed to facilitate bank loans to small- and medium-sized businesses unable to obtain credit directly from the bank. Since its inception, KIEDF has facilitated over $305 million of new financing to more than 12,000 new and expanding businesses. In 2006, KIEDF launched its microfinance initiative to help low income and unemployed populations create an independent income generating activity, also known as a microenterprise. Through this initiative, KIEDF has distributed more than 4,500 loans totaling $12.5 million and supported over 5,500 entrepreneurs in the creation and development of more than 4,000 microenterprises.

Microfinancefor Low Income Jewish Women supports approximately 135 low-income Charedi women and immigrants from Ethiopia and the Former Soviet Union in developing microenterprises, including pre-loan and post-loan business development training.

Founded in 1981, Milbat’s mission is to improve the quality of life of disabled people and the elderly through an adapted technological environment. A multidisciplinary rehabilitation staff provides consultation to aid in adapting assistive devices. Milbat volunteers (420 technology and design experts) develop needed devices (custom made devices and devices targeted to large scale crowds) to disabled and elderly people who are unable to get them commercially.

Founded in 1998, NATAL: Israel Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War in an apolitical non-profit organization with 150 mental health professionals which provides a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of trauma as a result of war and terror in Israel.

Grant Purpose

TheIsrael Terror Fund provides psychological treatment to 100 families and their children, predominantly those living in Israel’s conflict zones.

Founded in 2003, New Spirit works to increase students’ connection to Jerusalem, reverse trends of negative migration of the young adult population, and keep the city of Jerusalem vibrant and prosperous. It engages in initiatives related to employment, culture, housing development, and community participation to help young adults remain and integrate into society. The organization is comprised of more than 15,000 members who are primarily students from local academic institutions.

The Internship Project provides 2,150 university students with practical work experience that enables them to more easily enter the job market and find jobs in Jerusalem. It places students into 8 professional tracks that include Economics and Business; Hi-Tech; Government/Public Sector; Architecture and Design; Biomedical Industry; and Tourism. Upon completion of each internship, students are assisted in finding paid employment.

Established in 2013 in partnership with the AVI CHAI Foundation, Nitzanim is a national organization that seeks to foster, reinforce, and enrich the Jewish-Israeli experience. Nitzanim works in partnership with local municipalities and communities to develop a vision and city-wide plan for pluralistic Israeli Jewish education and culture. In each community, Nitzanim provides training and guidance to community leaders; initiates and develops community events connected to the Jewish calendar and life cycle; enriches cultural life in the region; and inspires residents to take responsibility for the community in which they live and for raising its future generations.

Founded in 2007, Olim Beyahad: Rising Up Together was established with the aim of increasing the employment rate among Ethiopian Israeli university graduates by affording them the opportunity to gain respectable jobs at the forefront of Israel’s workforce. Olim Beyahad's programs (including entrepreneur development, internship placement and preparatory courses) are based on the rationale that by successfully integrating participants in leading jobs, individuals will serve as role models for the entire Ethiopian Israeli community and larger Israeli society. This is done in the effort to eliminate Israeli society's prejudices against the Ethiopian sector and bring an end to the sector's unemployment and poverty.

Grant Purpose

The Employment, Empowerment, and Leadership for Ethiopian Israeli University Graduates and Students Program provides pre-employment preparation, job search, placement and integration services, mentors, leadership training, and additional programs to 80-100 new Ethiopian Israeli university graduates and students, as well as continued services to 650 current students over three years.

Established in 1995 in Kiryat Ono, Ono Academic College (OAC) is a private academic institution for higher education. It aims to provide academic and professional opportunities to underserved sectors of the population and to integrate graduates directly into the labor market. Ono College offers undergraduate degrees in law and health professions, as well as undergraduate and master's degrees in business administration. More than 8,500 students are currently enrolled.

Provide scholarship support and job placement assistance to 36 Ethiopian Israeli students in degree programs for law, health and business professions at Ono College in order to create a new generation of Ethiopian leaders in the Israeli workforce.

Established in 1995 in Kiryat Ono, Ono Academic College (OAC) is a private academic institution for higher education. It aims to provide academic and professional opportunities to underserved sectors of the population and to integrate graduates directly into the labor market. Ono College offers undergraduate degrees in law and health professions, as well as undergraduate and master's degrees in business administration. More than 8,500 students are currently enrolled.

Provide scholarship support and job placement assistance to help approximately 60 ultra-orthodox women who study at one of Ono College's Haredi campuses to acquire the education and skills needed to attain jobs and no longer be economically dependent on the Israeli government.

The OR Movement was established in 2002 to develop and populate the Negev and the Galilee regions, which represent 60% of Israel’s land mass and house 8% of the Israeli population. It aims to populate the Negev region with 300,000 new residents. It is focused on strategic economic development of the periphery regions by implementing new programs and distributing information on new town establishment, culture, community life, education and internships, employment opportunities, housing and relocation, and tourism. Since its inception, it has established 6 new towns (Be’er Milka, Givot Bar, Haruv, Merhav-Am, Mitzpe Ilan, and Sansana) and has settled 4,600 families. Three more towns are being established (Carmit, Casif and Cheran). It received the President’s Volunteers Award in 2006, the Knesset Speaker's Award for Quality of Life in 2009 and the first Prime Ministers’ Award for Innovation and Initiatives in 2010.

Founded in 1993, Reut Sderot sponsors and administers programs in Sderot that promote improvement and progress in its educational systems and social welfare services. Its programs serve over 5,000 children and adults, particularly the residents of Sderot’s economically needy and socially distressed neighborhoods. Reut Sderot provides hundreds of at-risk teens with quality leadership programs, encourages and supports youth to complete their secondary educations, and trains the young population to give back to the community through local volunteerism.

Touching the Jewish Spirit strengthens the Jewish identity of 580 secular Israeli students in Southern Israel, through workshops and activities that further students’ understanding of Jewish, texts, traditions and customs; and to promote tolerance and understanding towards Israel’s various religious and racial sectors through a diversity curriculum.

Established in 1976, The Shalom Hartman Institute (SHI) is an educational center located in Jerusalem that aims to shape Jewish life in Israel and around the world. Its mission is to 'engage a new generation of Jews, who live within the global marketplace of ideas, and inspire them to develop a commitment to Jewish life and the Jewish people through innovative and creative thinking, gifted and visionary leaders, and transformational education programs.' The Institute houses an advanced research center for more than 50 scholars per year, a high school for boys with more than 350 students, an in-house publications department, international theology and philosophy conferences and centers for training educators, rabbis and lay community leaders.

Founded in 1984 by Mariuma Ben Yosef, who was herself a homeless youth, Shanti House serves as a temporary home and long-term supportive residence for runaway, homeless youth ages 14-21. It cares for youth in imminent danger of physical violence, sexual abuse and prostitution and it also runs a preventive program for youth before they reach this stage. Shanti House operates a home in Tel Aviv and another in the Negev. There are a total of 75-105 youth in both homes on any given day. According to Shanti House, 90% of its youth complete 12 years of study and matriculation exams and enlist in the IDF.

Established in 2002, Tech-Career offers Ethiopian Israeli young adults technological training, personal development workshops and job placement services. Its training programs aim to increase the number of Ethiopians working in high tech industries and decrease the number dependent on economic and social services. Between 2004 and 2009, 83% of Tech Career graduates, i.e. 52 individuals, were employed in high tech industries as software developers or software quality assurance professionals. Tech-Career is seeking to ensure that by 2012 at least 1,000 of its Ethiopian Israeli students will be working in high tech industries.

In Israel today, Ethiopian Israelis are confronted with many obstacles that deter their integration into society as a whole and into the high-tech sector in particular. In spite of high motivation levels, only 9% of Ethiopian Israeli soldiers are chosen to receive any technological or professional training in the army, which decreases their chances of attaining high level positions in the army and joining the high-tech sector post-army. Additionally, only 24% of Ethiopian Israelis attain a high school matriculation diploma and therefore cannot gain access to a university-level education.

The Closing the Digital Gap - Empowering Ethiopian Israeli Young Adults program supports a comprehensive vocational technology training and placement program for 80 Ethiopian Israeli young adults ages 21-30 per year.

Founded in 2005, Temech has dedicated itself to offering the financial, socio-economic, and professional tools needed to broaden professional opportunities available to women in Israel's religious community, build women's leadership, and create a more economically stable community, thus reducing poverty. Temech works closely with employers, policy makers, and key institutions to foster the expertise required for women to succeed in today's workplace. Programs include: subsidized professional training, computer skills courses, job club and workplace readiness courses, mentor programs, job fairs, employer outreach events and a professional working hub.

Grant Purpose

The Employer Based Training program will provide job training and placement services to 750 unemployed and underemployed ultra-Orthodox women from across Israel over three years.

Established in 1982, The Jaffa Institute works to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty by providing educational, nutritional, therapeutic, and social enrichment services to impoverished communities in Jaffa, South Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, and Bet Shemesh. It operates 30 different programs, including crisis residences for at-risk youth, an educational enrichment center, food security initiatives, support to elderly and Holocaust survivors, and women’s empowerment programs. Each year, the Jaffa Institute serves over 4,000 individuals.

The Ethiopian Integration Program provides at-risk Ethiopian-Israeli boys residing at the Bet Shemesh Educational Center boarding school with vocational, educational, and emotional support to help them integrate into Israeli society and succeed in their academic and career pursuits.